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η74Ἠγρίωσαιyou have become cruel… person singular, of a)grio/w. It is presumably extracted from the Sophoclean quotation given (though also attested in Euripides, Orestes 226 and 387). [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 1321-3 (Neoptolemos addresses Philoctetes: see web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
αι7Αἰανὴς κύκλοςdread circle… (see, for instance Jebb's translation of the word in the Sophocles passage quoted below: "weary" (i.e. unrelenting)). Chantraine, however, disputes this etymology and sees instances where the term has unequivocal connotations of "everlasting", "persistent" …Matched in noteshighshort
κ162Κακόθρουςbad-mouthingThe headword adjective, a Sophoclean hapax legomenon (see next note) unattested elsewhere prior to the Byzantine period, is compound of kako/s and qro/os ("noise, report") with Attic contraction of oo to ou. [1] Sophocles, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2312Κωχεύειholds (?)… headword kwxeu/ei is an incorrect reading for o)kwxeu/ei "holds" in Sophocles fr.327. ps.-Herodian and Hesychius kappa4904 gloss it as metewri/zei, fe/rei, koufi/zei "lifts up, carries, makes light". Hesychius kappa4905 quotes the Sophoclean fragment (from …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1846ἜξωραunseasonableSophocles, Electra 618 (web address 1). cf. epsilon 1850.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1153ἘνδατούμενοςrevilingPresent participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)ndate/omai. [1] Sophocles, Trachiniae 791.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2576Ἐπισκήνουςoutdoor, public… plural of this adjective, is extracted from the quotation. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 579-80 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
α1666Ἀμυγνόνundefiled[1] Sophocles fr. 1005 Pearson. See also alpha 1686 and alpha 1689.Matched in noteshighshort
α1086Ἀλλάχθητεchange… person plural, aorist imperative), but from a compound verb. [1] Sophocles fr. 997 Radt.Matched in noteshighshort
α4685Ἄχερδοςwild pear-tree… is generated by the genitive used in the quotation. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1596 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
χ354Χλωρανθείςhaving been made pale… participle, masculine nominative singular, of the deponent verb xlwrai/nomai. [2] Sophocles fr. 1114 Radt.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3668Εὐπρόσωποςfair-facedSee also epsilon 3669. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 1008-9 (abridged); cf. pi 3069 and web address 1. The gloss perhaps comes from the scholia thereto.Matched in noteshighshort
λ234Λεκτόςpicked, chosen… term, effectively synonymous with the headword, see epsilon 2437. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 18-19 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
α1689Ἀμυχνόνundefiledcf. already alpha 1666, alpha 1686. [1] Sophocles fr. 1005 Radt.Matched in noteshighshort
α2206ἌναιτοςuninjuredSophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 785-6, with comment from the scholia there. The Suda's a)/naitos is the reading of the Laurentian manuscript of Sophocles; others have a)/natos (from a)/th); the latter is generally printed.Matched in noteshighshort
κ141Κακανδρίαunmanliness[1] Sophocles, Ajax 1014-1015 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
λ47Λάκαινα κύωνSpartan bitchSophocles, Ajax 8 (Athena describes Odysseus’ gait as he stalks Ajax); already at beta 166 and epsilon 3689. A striking example of a transferred epithet.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1882Κνώδοντοςof a spear's tooth, of a swordAn approximation of Sophocles, Ajax 1024-1026 (from which the present headword, in the genitive case, is extracted: see web address 1), with scholion. [1] Literally, knw/dontes are the teeth of a hunting spear, which …Matched in noteshighshort
α1311Ἀλόγιστα παροίσομενwe will bear reason-baffling thingsSophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1675, with scholion. For "at the last" cf. pi 3172.Matched in noteshighshort
α4242ἌστιπτοςuntroddenSophocles, Philoctetes 1-2 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2252Ἐπιβρόντητοςthunderclapped, franticSophocles, Ajax 1386 (web address 1), with scholion. The headword seems to have been his invention. For the more commonplace glossing term see already epsilon 965.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3742Εὐσκευοῦμενwe are well-equippedSophocles, Ajax 823, with scholion. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2774ΚῦροςpromiseSophocles, Electra 919 (web address 1; here in Jebb's translation), and scholion. For the headword, see also kappa 2775.Matched in noteshighshort
α4709Ἅχωwh' I have[1] Sophocles, Electra 450-451 (web address 1 below). See already alpha 1239, and cf. zeta 131.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1189Καιρόςopportune time[1] In fact Sophocles (as, Adler reports, in ms B), Electra 75-6, with scholion; cf. epsilon 3615. [2] An extra, general observation on the above. It is not from the Sophoclean scholion; rather, from …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι296Αἱρεῖtakes… The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 436-7 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ι737Ἴτεcome!, go!… not specify the direction of motion; cf. iota 239. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 843 (web address 1); cf. pi 3092.Matched in noteshighshort
μ74Μακραίωνι σχολῇin a long-lasting respiteFrom a scholion on Sophocles, Ajax 194 (web address 1), where the expression occurs in a choral lyric passage (with the Doric dative sxola=|). See also mu 73.Matched in noteshighshort
α4164Ἀσκέπαρνονunhewn… neuter accusative singular, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 100-101 (web address 1 below), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
λ146Λατρείαservice… (Cognate words at lambda 145, lambda 147, lambda 148.) [2] Sophocles, Ajax 503 (web address 1); cf. zeta 56.Matched in noteshighshort